The consumers of New Age spirituality products have been said to be involved in a form of 'pick and mix' religion or to be browsing in a 'spiritual supermarket' which emphasises borrowing from a wide variety of cultures. The paper details the different physical and virtual channels through which...

The abolition of duty free and tax free sales to intra-EU passengers on June 30 1999 curtailed the opportunity for airport authorities to generate retail related income. Prior to abolition, approximately 40 per cent of all duty free sales were between European Union countries. Since the...

While there have been numerous studies of on-line shopping behaviour, the impact of internet adoption upon island communities remains largely unexplored. This is despite the identified difficulties that are encountered when attempting to access goods and services in these peripheral economies....

This paper examines the different commercial activities that have been pursued by airport authorities. It maintains a number of external factors over which individual operators have no control, have prompted a series of strategies designed to increase non-aeronautical revenues. The paper first...

This article attempts to highlight the transitory nature of the retail labour market and provide a theoretical framework that accounts for the employment changes that have occurred in retailing since the Second World War. Using the concept of cyclicality embodied within the Wheel of Retailing,...

Airport retailing represents a global industry which is experiencing significant market growth. Accompanying this growth has been an increasingly complex set of retail trading relationships. This article examines how developments in the air transport industry have influenced the structure of...

Despite undergoing major strategic change, airport retailing has remained a neglected area of academic study. As a consequence, the structure and operation of labour market operations within airport retailing remains largely undocumented. This article attempts to redress this issue by providing...